Irish Ringforts: A Review of their Origins

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Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 243-289

  Limbert, Darren ^a  

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EID: 33644904651     PISSN: 00665983     EISSN: 23732288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00665983.1996.11078734     Document Type: Article

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